What happens on a foraging walk with Diego?

What happens at Diego Bonetto foraging workshops? Read a review from two lovely young participants, who experienced knowledge, laughter, and empowering lessons on how to harvest a meal form the wild.

'The work that art does'- A review of Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation

Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation review on ArtLink sparks a few questions:
Why is this art? Does it matter? What are we trying to achieve?

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Weeds, and why we hate them.

Weeds. Why do we hate them so much? Is it because we fear them? Is it any use to treat all uninvited plants equally? What happened that we can no longer share the earth with other species?

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Reflection on the River

Rob is an archeologist and has been living on the Cooks River for generations. Rob came to the foraging workshop I offer and reflected on the value of Deep time, and what we can learn from it: the magic of the old stories.

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On foraging. What, who, and why.

Excellent interview about foraging. This time I did not try to be charming or funny, I just wanted to tell it straight as is.

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Working with regional communities for a greater good

Earlier in the year I worked with some amazing individuals and organisations to provide a feast of weeds.
Here’s the video of the event, what we wanted to achieve and how we did it. Thank you to all involved and looking forward to work alongside you all soon enough.

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Weeds as friends? Farmers friend: a nutritious and medicinal plant in everyone's garden.

Is your garden full of weeds? Excellent! You might find that you have something quite special there.
Meet farmers friend (bidens pilosa). a weedy friend indeed. And food. And medicine. And free.
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Storytelling as Art – foraging for change

How can contemporary storytelling be a valuable platform for creativity and change? A short article, feedback welcome>

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